Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Today I made a decision about how I'm going to insert the backgrounds into the animation scenes and it surprised even me! It's not what I planned, but it's good that this project is forcing me to re-think my ideas of building an animation project. I'll show how I was going to include the backgrounds as sub-xsheets (and still might for simpler ones), how I am going to include these backgrounds (by pre-rendering them) and I show the output for the 1st 3 scenes with the backgrounds added.
Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:52 How I was planning to reference backgrounds as sub-xsheets
02:10 Showing how slow the backgrounds render
02:46 Importing using sub-xsheets and how you *can* add backgrounds this way
04:16 Defining the problem and deciding to try pre-rendering backgrounds
05:48 Re-organising my background scenes for easier rendering,
inc ensuring the images are 4k & collapsing columns to sub-xsheets
08:37 Rendering the backgrounds as image sequences,
inc showing how to render separate columns all at once
Details: opentoonz.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rendering_the_animation.html#creating-multiple-renderings
11:47 Adding the image sequences as backgrounds
14:58 Using the backgrounds images, adding camera moves and how I'll add characters
17:07 The final result
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If you liked what you saw and want to help out, you can buy me a coffee or a Darren Tea ;-)
buymeacoffee.com/DarrenT
Check out useful OpenToonz-companion software you can download or purchase:
gumroad.com/DarrenTAnims
The kit I use and recommendations of useful books:
kit.co/DarrenT
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Discord: discord.gg/FYy4Mg7
For help setting up and using OpenToonz, chat with animators & developers and enter animation challenges.
Twitter: twitter.com/DarrenTAnims
Facebook: fb.me/DarrenTAnims
Twitch: twitch.tv/DarrenTAnims
More about me: youtube.com/c/DarrenTAnims/about
outro music courtesy of Voltaire: youtube.com/user/VoltaireMusicPage
Today I made a decision about how I'm going to insert the backgrounds into the animation scenes and it surprised even me! It's not what I planned, but it's good that this project is forcing me to re-think my ideas of building an animation project. I'll show how I was going to include the backgrounds as sub-xsheets (and still might for simpler ones), how I am going to include these backgrounds (by pre-rendering them) and I show the output for the 1st 3 scenes with the backgrounds added.
Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:52 How I was planning to reference backgrounds as sub-xsheets
02:10 Showing how slow the backgrounds render
02:46 Importing using sub-xsheets and how you *can* add backgrounds this way
04:16 Defining the problem and deciding to try pre-rendering backgrounds
05:48 Re-organising my background scenes for easier rendering,
inc ensuring the images are 4k & collapsing columns to sub-xsheets
08:37 Rendering the backgrounds as image sequences,
inc showing how to render separate columns all at once
Details: opentoonz.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rendering_the_animation.html#creating-multiple-renderings
11:47 Adding the image sequences as backgrounds
14:58 Using the backgrounds images, adding camera moves and how I'll add characters
17:07 The final result
--------------------------------------------------------------
If you liked what you saw and want to help out, you can buy me a coffee or a Darren Tea ;-)
buymeacoffee.com/DarrenT
Check out useful OpenToonz-companion software you can download or purchase:
gumroad.com/DarrenTAnims
The kit I use and recommendations of useful books:
kit.co/DarrenT
--------------------------------------------------------------
Discord: discord.gg/FYy4Mg7
For help setting up and using OpenToonz, chat with animators & developers and enter animation challenges.
Twitter: twitter.com/DarrenTAnims
Facebook: fb.me/DarrenTAnims
Twitch: twitch.tv/DarrenTAnims
More about me: youtube.com/c/DarrenTAnims/about
outro music courtesy of Voltaire: youtube.com/user/VoltaireMusicPage
